MagicLand

A feel-good dystopian novel? Welcome to MagicLand.

"Bastille’s debut artfully combines magic, technology, and romance. Bastille handles the multilayered plot well, creating a fascinating world populated with empathetic characters." ― Publishers Weekly

“A bracing dystopian tale that deftly mixes magic, evolution, and romance.”― Kirkus Reviews

On a future Earth where magic and technology have been at war for two thousand years, can one kiss change the fate of the world?

When a young actor from Gath, Belex, crash lands outside the magic land known as Moria, he’s rescued by a young Morian priestess in waiting, Aurilena. The two find themselves drawn impossibly towards each other in the midst of a war between two distinct species of humanoids: her people, the magicians of Moria, and his people, the Gath, whose tremendous intellectual and physical capabilities are programmed into their DNA.

Together, the two discover a terrible secret that lies at the heart of the centuries-old conflict between MagicLand and Gath. It’s a secret that leads to a kiss that could end the war once and for all. The only question is will it end in brutal violence or give way to an improbable peace between implacable enemies? The answer to that question may depend on whether Aurilena can discover the true source of power behind her unique gifts before it’s too late.

Charles Bastille wrote and self-published his first major works when he was in sixth grade. Using notebook paper, he created palm-sized comic booklets, The Adventures of Dr. Maums, which circulated around several classrooms. He has been writing fiction ever since. Most of his fiction has been stored away, as he worked day jobs, first in the advertising industry as a creative director and later as a software engineer. Charles has published several software development books for publishers such as Sybex, IDG, and Wiley and was a co-author of the industry classic HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible. MagicLand is Charles’ debut novel. He currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Market size: readers 13+ and parents looking for books that would get good ratings at places like Common Sense Media appeal to a broad audience received Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Indie Review MagicLand is a parable for current times. The "enemy" of MagicLand, the people of Gath, are actually quite innocent but are so distracted with entertainment that they aren't aware of the death and destruction their leaders are causing MagicLand is a final warning about climate change and overpopulation A love story about two heroes and a reminder that anything can be overcome when the heart is true, and the people are good A story about hope. Mankind has been through many crises, many of them existential, and it has survived. MagicLand is about heroes and their ability to overcome the odds Shows readers that they don't have to be the star of the show to be the hero

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